Horseshoe-conformator.



No. 839,181. PATENVTBD 11110. 25,1906.

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HORSESHOE GONFORMATOR.

ATPLIUA TIOI FILED All. 9. 1906.

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iLLIAMM INTOSH, oF WILMINGTON, ILLINOIS.

- Beit known that I, WILLIAM MoINTosH, a

citizen ofjthe' United States, residing atWili mington, inthecount ofWill'and State of Illinois," have invente certain new and usefulImprovements in Horseshoe-Conformators, of which thefollowing is a specification,

'My inventionis an improved horseshoe-g conformator' made of iron,aluminlum, or

other ifireproof-material.'

- The-object is to save the horseshoer much fatigue and waste'oftime inascertainingithe, size of shoe needed for the horse being shod, I, suchas having to lift the horses'foot several times to'try the shoe beingshaped and walking back and forth several times from forge fatigue.

My i device is in four sections spliced to'. gether', and held in placeby bolts and thumbscrews.

The ends of the lapping parts aresufiiciently curved to allow thesections to hinge. I 'With each other just enough to permit the patternto be expanded or contracted'to the I size-'ofany hoof. Place for heelend can be Specification o'f LettersP atent. Appucaanfinu ru9,1906.SerialNofBlOiGfiO.

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markedpas the pattern is designed for the 1011 est as well as shortestshoes.

T e curve of the pattern will be perfectly regular for'the'average-sized shoe. Otherwise there will be a slight departure from aregular curve, but'not enough to prevent the pattern being anaccurateguideto'the shapinglof the shoe. f

n the drawings Figure 1 is a top view of my device, and Fig. 2 is a viewshowing how sections'are spliced togethe'r, with heads of bolts A.embedded, leaving a smooth bottom surface, and thumb-screws B to loosenor tighten the joints when adjusting the pattern to any required size. 2

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters ,Patent,isv horseshoe-conformator of four sections, the sections being joined bythe ends being spliced and fitted together in the form of sockets andheld together'by means of thumbscrews, so that the conformator can bead- 'justed to any'desired size by lessening the thumb-screw pressure atthe joints and then made rigid by increasing the thumb-screw pressure atthej'oints, substantially as described and illustrated.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in'pre'sence of two witnesses.

J WILLIAM MCINTOSH. Witnesses:

I STEPHEN A. Go'oDsPEED, JAMES -WALTER MARTIN.

